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Civil Society Shows Its Muscle IPS, August 22, 2011 India sees no evil Ottawa Citizen, August 20, 2011 Nigerian economy: Motion without movement Daily Independent, August 20, 2011 Corruption weakens Thai anti-trafficking, says UN expert Trustlaw, August 19, 2011 NZ set to tighten bribery laws ahead of trade deal ONE News, August 19, 2011 Corruption in Nigeria: Multi-nationals pay $3.2b fine Sunday Tribune (Nigeria), August 21, 2011

Vietnam and the World Bank recently held the first Viet Nam Anti-Corruption Intiative, or VACI.  The Initiative encouraged the public—whether ordinary citizens, NGOs, or private business—to develop proposals to help combat corruption in their communities.  VACI then selected 34 promising ideas, and awarded a total of approximately $450,000 to help fund the implementation of these plans in the coming year.  It is hoped that this initiative will be repeated in 2013. In order for pervasive corruption to be combated effectively, public support for anti-corruption initiatives is essential, and this year has seen people around the world taking a stand against graft in their...

The world of dirty money (part 1) Corporations, crime, corruption, and capital flight (part 2) TNCs, transfer pricing, and tax avoidance (part 3) Fighting illicit capital flight (part 4) Pambazuka News, August 18, 2011 365 days of freedom Deccan Chronicle, August 19, 2011 US warns about Argentina’s ‘lack of progress’ in fighting money laundering activities Buenos Aires Herald, August 19, 2011

Earlier this week, Facebook, and other sites, were buzzing with talk about Warren Buffett’s op-ed in The New York Times, where the American billionaire called on U.S. policymakers to raise the income tax rate for the richest Americans. Indeed, The Washington Post even posted a link on its Facebook page to an AP article about the op-ed with this apt description: “In case you missed it -- and there's only a slim chance you did --- Warren Buffett is calling on the so-called ‘mega-rich‘ to pay more in taxes.” Most of the reactions I saw were supportive of Mr....